Popular baby names in Florida, 1975

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (1,902 babies) and Michael for boys (2,266). Social Security records list 89,293 babies born in Florida in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1975

Names given at least 15 times in Florida that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Tangela: 31 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lissette: 40 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ivette: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Octavia: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lourdes: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Selena: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lawanda: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cristina: 66 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lakesha: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Latosha: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Tavares: 33 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Darius: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dexter: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Earnest: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cornelius: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Willie: 193 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roderick: 64 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Freddie: 44 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Clarence: 67 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kelvin: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,902	–	1
2	Amy	854	↑5	2
3	Heather	811	↑2	3
4	Kimberly	802	↓1	7
5	Melissa	799	↑1	4
6	Michelle	793	↓4	6
7	Angela	768	↓3	5
8	Stephanie	548	–	9
9	Lisa	523	–	8
10	Christina	521	–	12
11	Amanda	386	↑22	14
12	Rebecca	386	–	11
13	Mary	379	–	19
14	Elizabeth	375	–	15
15	Nicole	375	–	10
16	Shannon	370	↓5	21
17	Kelly	362	↑1	16
18	Jessica	361	↑9	13
19	Dawn	329	↑3	23
20	Julie	327	–	18
21	April	313	↓4	25
22	Tiffany	305	↑3	37
23	Laura	295	↑3	20
24	Tammy	279	↓8	31
25	Christine	264	↓1	22
26	Patricia	264	↓5	36
27	Karen	246	↑4	27
28	Wendy	246	–	33
29	Susan	244	↑8	32
30	Tina	243	↓7	35
31	Tracy	240	↓12	24
32	Cynthia	217	↓3	40
33	Rachel	216	↑3	26
34	Tara	210	↓2	41
35	Andrea	209	↑9	28
36	Tonya	203	↓6	45
37	Stacey	202	↑10	44
38	Carrie	200	new	29
39	Lori	194	↓5	39
40	Stacy	192	↑5	34
41	Maria	189	–	30
42	Teresa	185	↓2	61
43	Brandy	179	new	57
44	Sarah	178	new	17
45	Christy	175	new	53
46	Crystal	174	↑4	43
47	Dana	174	new	62
48	Melanie	173	new	52
49	Erin	169	–	38
50	Barbara	167	↓7	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	2,266	–	1
2	Christopher	1,689	↑1	3
3	Jason	1,597	↓1	2
4	James	1,513	–	4
5	Robert	1,357	–	6
6	David	1,240	–	5
7	John	1,222	–	7
8	William	1,044	–	10
9	Brian	819	–	8
10	Joseph	724	↑2	12
11	Daniel	712	–	11
12	Richard	652	↓2	16
13	Charles	651	–	25
14	Matthew	648	–	9
15	Eric	626	–	13
16	Thomas	569	↑1	20
17	Kevin	545	↓1	15
18	Anthony	542	–	21
19	Timothy	501	↑2	22
20	Steven	471	–	18
21	Jeffrey	466	↑2	14
22	Scott	462	–	17
23	Mark	444	↓4	19
24	Joshua	418	↑10	26
25	Kenneth	381	–	35
26	Paul	379	–	29
27	Shawn	372	↓3	31
28	Jonathan	348	–	30
29	Ryan	339	–	23
30	Gregory	335	–	33
31	Stephen	329	↓4	34
32	Jeremy	305	↑9	24
33	Andrew	292	↑2	28
34	Sean	282	↓1	40
35	Edward	277	↑2	41
36	Donald	274	↓4	42
37	Chad	264	↑1	27
38	Benjamin	252	↑8	36
39	Ronald	250	↓8	46
40	Bryan	247	↑4	47
41	Patrick	245	↓5	39
42	Aaron	227	↑3	32
43	George	224	↓4	53
44	Justin	224	new	37
45	Adam	223	↓5	38
46	Keith	212	↑1	49
47	Gary	202	↓5	50
48	Samuel	199	new	61
49	Antonio	197	new	77
50	Travis	195	new	51

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